Main description:

Learn from leading experts the latest information on cardiac issues seen most often in a pediatric office. The scope of focus includes signs and symptoms, management of patients with acquired or congenital heart disease, cardiac implications of common infectious diseases, preventive cardiology strategies, and other issues that are frequently managed or evaluated by the primary care clinician.

Topics include:

Evaluation of the Patient
Common Signs and Symptoms
Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiomyopathies and Channelopathies
Acquired Cardiac Diseases
Infectious Diseases
Preventive Cardiology Strategies
General Issues in Primary Cardiac Care

More than 130 full color photos and illustrations enhance disease recognition and clinical decision-making. In addition, the resource features information on preventive cardiology strategies, patient evaluation, and more issues in primary cardiac care.

Contents:

Introduction
Part 1: Evaluation of the Patient
1. Clinical History and Physical Examination
2. Electrocardiography
3. The Role of Echocardiography
4. Basics of Exercise Testing
5. Chest Radiography
6. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography
7. Laboratory Studies
Part 2: Common Signs and Symptoms
8. Chest Pain
9. Syncope
10. Palpitations and Arrhythmia
11. Heart Murmur
12. Evaluation of the Neonate With Congenital Heart Disease
Part 3: Congenital Heart Disease
13. Fetal and Newborn Transitional Circulations
14. Newborn Screening for Heart Disease
15. Congenital Heart Lesions
16. Surgical Procedures for Congenital Heart Disease
17. Office Care of the Child After Cardiac Surgery
18. Common Syndromes Associated With Cardiac Lesions
19. Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
Part 4: Cardiomyopathies and Channelopathies
20. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
21. Dilated Cardiomyopathy
22. Restricted Cardiomyopathy
23. Non-compaction Cardiomyopathy
24. Long QT Syndrome and Other Channelopathies
Part 5: Acquired Cardiac Diseases
25. Kawasaki Disease
26. Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
27. Cardiotoxicity Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Part 6: Infectious Diseases
28. Vaccines for Patients With Cardiac Conditions
29. Lyme Carditis
30. Endocarditis
31. Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis
32. Myocarditis
33. Pericardial Diseases
Part 7: Preventive Cardiology
34. Dyslipidemia
35. Hypertension
36. Cardiac Screening Before Starting Certain Medications
37. Cardiac Screening for Athletic Participation
38. Autonomic Dysfunction
Part 8: General Issues in Primary Cardiac Care
39. Neurodevelopmental and Psychosocial Outcomes in Children With Congenital Heart Disease
40. Lifestyle Counseling
41. Cardiac Pharmacology
42. Transition and Transfer From Pediatric to Adult-Centered Cardiac Care
Part 9: Special Conditions
43. Cardiac Transplantation
44. Pulmonary Hypertension